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| birth_name = Guy Gross
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| occupation = Film and TV Composer composer
| yearsactive = 1977-present1977–present
| spouse =
| parents = [[Yoram Gross]]<br />Sandra Gross
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'''Guy Gross''' is an Australian film and television [[composer]]. He is known most for writing the award-winning music for the [[Australia]]nAustralian science fiction series ''[[Farscape]]'' and the international hit film ''[[The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert]]''. He also composed for the animated television series ''[[The Adventures of Blinky Bill|Blinky Bill]]'' and ''[[Dumb Bunnies#Television series|Dumb Bunnies]]''. He has 7691 credits as screen composer.<ref name="imdb_gross">{{IMDb name|0343378}}/</ref>
 
==Personal==
Gross began film scoring while studying classical composition at the Conservatorium High School in Sydney, Australia.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.ggm.com.au/bio2.html |title=Guy Gross Music Homepage |publisher=Ggm.com.au |date= |accessdate=2012-02-20}}</ref> He is the son of film producers [[Yoram Gross]]|Yoram and Sandra Gross]].<ref name="bio" /> Gross composed music for the family animation business in High School.<ref name="bio" />
 
Gross was a partner and a director of [[Trackdown Digital]], an Australian film music and audio recording center and is now part of the Church Street Studios collective.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trackdown.com.au/site/home-people.php |title=Home People |publisher=trackdown.com.au |date= |accessdate=2012-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306215802/http://www.trackdown.com.au/site/home-people.php |archive-date=2012-03-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> From 2012 to 2017 he was President of the [[Australian Guild of Screen Composers]].<ref>[https://www.agsc.org.au/ Guy Gross]. Australian Guild of Screen Composers.</ref><ref name="Mumbrella">{{cite web | url = https://mumbrella.com.au/screen-composers-guild-elects-president-guy-gross-118889 | title = Screen composers guild elects president Guy Gross | work = Mumbrella | date = 27 September 2012 | accessdate = 3 January 2019 }}</ref>
 
==Filmography==
* Composer (7690 credits)
 
* Producer (1 credit)
[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0343378/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Guy Gross] ([[IMDb]])
* Music Department (814 credits)
 
* Composer (76 credits)
* Music Department (8 credits)
* Director (3 credits)
* Soundtrack (910 credits)
* Writer (2 credits)
* Actor (1 credit)
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===Films===
* 2022
 
**''[[How to Please a Woman]]'' (composer)
* 2021
**''Jez: A Letter for Life'' (composer)
** ''Birdsville or Bust'' (composer)
* 2020
**''Picturing Home'' (composer)
** ''Le Miroir'' (composer)
* 2019
** ''[[Broken Dreams (2019 film)|Broken Dreams]]'' (composer)
* 2018
** ''Treetment'' (composer)
** ''[[Swinging Safari (film)|Swinging Safari]]'' (composer)
* 2017
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** ''Blinky & Me'' (Documentary)
** ''Dancing with Dictators: The Story of the Last Foreign Publisher in Burma'' (Documentary)
** ''[[A Few Best Men]]'', [[A Few Best Men (soundtrack)]]
** ''[[A Heartbeat Away]]''
** ''The Making of I, Spry'' (Video documentary short)
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** ''Final Call'' (Short)
* 2005
** ''[[Tabaluga (TV series)#Animated movie|Tabaluga and Leo]]''
** ''[[The Adventures of Blinky Bill#TV Movie (Blinky Bill's White Christmas, 2005)|Blinky Bill's White Christmas]]''
** ''Amorality Tale'' (Short)
* 2003
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* 1986
** ''[[Dot and the Whale]]''
* 19841985
** ''[[Epic (1984 film)|Epic]]''
* 1982
** ''[[Sarah (film)|Sarah (The Seventh Match)]]''
 
===Television===
* 2021
 
**''Untold Australia'' (composer 1 episode)
* 2017
** ''Pulse'' (TV Series) (8 episodes)
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* 2012
** ''Raising the Curtain'' (TV Series documentary)
** ''[[Dangerous Remedy]]'' (TV Movie)
* 2010
** ''I, Spry'' (TV Movie)
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** ''Lost in Flanders'' (Video documentary)
** ''True Crime: A Model Daughter'' (TV Movie)
* 2008–2009
* 2008-2009
** ''[[Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist]]'' (TV Series) (26 episodes)
* 2008
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** ''[[Scorched (2008 film)|Scorched]]'' (TV Movie)
** ''Resistance'' (TV Series) (1 episode)
* 2007–2011
* 2007-2011
** ''[[East West 101]]'' (TV Series) (20 episodes)
* 2007
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* 2006
** ''[[Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?]]'' (TV Movie documentary)
* 2005
** ''[[Tabaluga (TV series)#Animated movie|Tabaluga and Leo]]''
** ''[[The Adventures of Blinky Bill#TV Moviemovie (Blinky Bill's White Christmas, 2005)|Blinky Bill's White Christmas]]''
** ''Flipper & Lopaka: The Search for Neptune's Trident'' (TV Series) (1 episode)
** ''The Birth of a Queen: Directing a Drag Classic - The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'' (Video documentary short)
* 2004
** ''[[Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars]]'' (TV Mini-Series) (2 episodes)
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* 2001
** ''[[Old Tom (TV series)|Old Tom]]'' (TV Series)
* 2000–2003
* 2000-2003
** ''[[Farscape]]'' (TV Series) (58 episodes)
* 1999
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* 1997
** ''Fallen Angels'' (TV Series) (20 episodes)
* 1997–1998
* 1997-1998
** ''[[Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown]]'' (TV Series) (2 episodes)
* 1996
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* 1995
** ''[[Bordertown (1995 TV series)|Bordertown]]'' (TV Mini-Series)
** ''[[The Adventures of Blinky Bill#Season 2 (Blinky Bill's Extraordinary Excursion, 1995)|Blinky Bill's Extraordinary Excursion]]'' (TV Series) (261 episode)
* 1994
** ''House of Fun'' (TV Series)
* 1993
** ''[[The Adventures of Blinky Bill]]'' (TV Series)
* 1994
** ''House of Fun'' (TV Series)
* 1992
** ''The Resting Place'' (TV Short)
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** ''The Adventures of Candy Claus'' (TV Short)
 
==Notable awardsAwards==
===ARIA Music Awards===
The [[ARIA Music Awards]] is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of [[Australian music]]. They commenced in 1987.
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| [[ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album|Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="OST">ARIA Award previous winners. {{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/best-original-soundtrack-cast-show-album|title=History Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
{{end}}
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* In 2001 he won the [[APRA Awards (Australia)|Australian Screen Music Award]] for achievement in Film music for his score for ''[[Farscape]]''.<ref>{{IMDb name|0343378|section=award}}</ref>
* In 2002 he won the Screen Music Award for Best Music for a Television Series for his score for ''[[Farscape]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/ScreenAwards/History/2002Winners.aspx |title=APRA&#124;AMCOS : 2002 Winners |publisher=Apra-amcos.com.au |date= |accessdate=2012-02-20}}</ref>
* In 2009 he won the International Achievement Award (a Screen Music Award) from the [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] and the [https://www.agsc.org.au/ Australian Guild of Screen Composers]. Additionally,In the same year he won another Screen Music Award in the category Best Music for Children’sChildren's Television for his score for ''[[Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agsc.org.au/?p=115 |title=2009 APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards Nominations Announced · Australian Guild of Screen Composers |publisher=Agsc.org.au |date=2009-10-14 |accessdate=2012-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/News/Allnews/InternationalAchievementAward2009WinnerAnnounced.aspx |title=APRA&#124;AMCOS : All news |publisher=Apra-amcos.com.au |date=2009-10-22 |accessdate=2012-02-20}}</ref>
* In 2002 he won the Screen Music Award for Best Music for a Television Series for his score for ''[[Farscape]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apra-
 
==References==
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[[Category:Australian people of Polish-Jewish descent]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:MaleAustralian male film score composers]]
[[Category:PeopleMusicians from Sydney]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]